Wikipedia:Meetup/Women in Astronomy and Space Sciences Edit-a-thon - SpaceFest

Women in Astronomy and Space Sciences Edit-a-thon @ SpaceFest / Tucson, AZ (remote participants also welcome)

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space and a champion of girls and women everywhere. In addition to her successes as a physicist and NASA astronaut, Ride was extremely active in helping children, especially girls, become interested in the STEM disciplines. Indeed, she dedicated the latter part of her life to inspiring the next generation of astronomers, aerospace engineers, planetary scientists, and software developers to reach for the stars. Ride would have turned 62 on May 26th had the world not lost her to pancreatic cancer last July. To honor her enduring legacy, southern Arizonans and all attendees of SpaceFest are invited to gather on her birthday to edit and create Wikipedia entries on notable women in astronomy and the space sciences. Tucson, AZ event details Date: Sunday, May 26, 9am to 11am MST Venue: SpaceFest at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort, 3800 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Room: San Luis 2. Cost: $20 (Free with SpaceFest admission) Twitter hashtag: #SpaceFest Participants: The event is open to anyone who wishes to help preserve the history of women in the space sciences! No Wiki editing experience necessary; as needed, tutorials will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. The first half-hour will be focused on introducing newbies to Wikipedia tenets and markup language. Details: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. Registration: Please sign in by adding your Wikipedia username to the guest list below or, if you don't have one yet, by emailing maiaw@nasw.org Confirmed Wikipedians attending -- Girona7 (talk) 05:35, 1 May 2013 (UTC) -- Zmcbentley (talk) 14:35, 26 May 2013 (UTC) Online participation If you cannot make it to SpaceFest in person but would still like to participate, you are more than welcome to do so remotely. Suggested articles appear below, or you may add or contribute to one of your choosing. So that we can count you as having participated, please add your contributions under the #Results section below. Note: There will not be a webinar aspect for online participants; simply log in and log your contributions below to have them "counted." And be sure to use the Twitter hashtag #SpaceFest if you tweet about the event! Online participants From either Phoenix or Tucson, not sure which city I will be in that day. Caitlin.swartz (talk) 08:58, 8 May 2013 (UTC) Suggested Topics for May 26th edit-a-thon The following is a sampling of suggested articles to create or add upon. However, feel free to come up with your own ideas! You may also consider cleaning up articles on more well-known women, including Sally Ride herself. Updates could be as simple as making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional. Adding women to relevant categories; adding scientist infoboxes; and adding appropriate images are other helpful tasks. Articles needing creation Anita L. Cochran (astronomer) UTexas profile CV Andrea Dupree (astrophysicist) NASA bio CFA bio Oral history from the AIP Gillian Knapp (astrophysicist) Princeton bio CV Articles needing expansion and/or cleanup Claudia Alexander (planetary scientist) Margaret Burbidge (astrophysicist) Yvonne Brill (aerospace engineer) Annie Jump Cannon (astronomer) Bonnie Dunbar (engineer, astronaut) Sandra Faber (astrophysicist) Debra Fischer (astronomer) Alyssa A. Goodman (astronomer) Evelyn Boyd Granville (mathematician) Dorrit Hoffleit (astronomer) Barbara Crawford Johnson (aerospace engineer) Jane Luu (astronomer) Margaret Mayall (astronomer) Vera Rubin (astronomer) Sara Seager (astronomer) Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (astronomer) Resources Note: Wikipedia lists of notable women (and men) are all missing plenty of key people, so feel free to add to those lists List of women scientists Women in engineering List of women astronomers List of astronomers Women in geology History of women in engineering Women in space 51+ Women in Planetary Science Editing Wikipedia Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing) Five Pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to Edit a Page Article Development Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish) Manual of Style Citation Examples Bookshelf Results New articles created: Joy Crisp Articles expanded or improved: Sally Ride